Vera Bennett

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Position: Senior Vice President and CFO

Organization: Peninsula Community Foundation

Location: San Mateo, California

Vera Bennett is a member of the Forms 990 Advisory Committee.

Vera Bennett is the senior vice president and chief financial officer at the Peninsula Community Foundation, which offers philanthropic, grantmaking, financial, and tax expertise needed to engage in effective charitable giving. Ms. Bennett is responsible for overseeing the investment and management of more than $600 million. Since she joined the foundation in 1990, the foundation’s assets have grown from $45 million to $611 million. Ms. Bennett manages the foundation's internal operations, accounting functions and information systems. She spent a decade as the finance officer for an organization serving developmentally disabled adults near San Francisco. Ms Bennett graduated summa cum laude from the College of Notre Dame in Belmont, California, where she received her Bachelor of Science degree.

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